wide-awake
Example Sentences
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I’m grateful to have seen it in a theater, which it absolutely deserves; audiences planning to stream it at home should know that it demands and rewards wide-awake attention.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2023
Here, for instance, is one of many passages in which our wide-awake heroine, Emma Averell, tries and fails to fall asleep:
From Washington Post ● Apr. 21, 2022
According to the wide-awake folks at Partners Coffee, the ideal ratio of coffee to water is 1:15.
From Salon ● Jan. 24, 2022
She was back to deuce with Arthur Ashe Stadium abuzz and presumably most of Britain wide-awake, as the match was broadcast in prime time in Raducanu’s home country.
From New York Times ● Sep. 11, 2021
Of course as soon as they reached the movie theater, he was wide-awake again, so they let him capture the Conte's messenger pigeon.
From "The Thief Lord" by Cornelia Funke
